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Title: Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains
Alternate Title: Les Desenchantees
Note: Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Walter Debeuf
Summary: "Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains" by Pierre Loti is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around themes of love, longing, and the complexities of life within the contemporary Turkish harem. The opening chapters introduce the main character, André Lhéry, a novelist deeply connected to Turkey, and a young girl navigating the confines of her world as she faces an impending marriage. The beginning of "Les Désenchantées" introduces us to André Lhéry, who is engrossed in reading letters from admirers while feeling a bittersweet pull toward Stamboul, the city where he once encountered beautiful women from the harems. Simultaneously, we meet a young girl in her elegant yet confined chamber, preparing for her wedding but yearning for freedom and connection. As André receives a letter from a mysterious Turkish woman, the young girl reflects on her childhood in Circassia and how her life has changed since being cloistered in a harem. Their lives appear to be intertwined, with both feeling the weight of their circumstances, setting the stage for a poignant exploration of desire, culture, and fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923
EBook No.: 7809
Published: Apr 1, 2005
Downloads: 112
Language: French
Subject: Harems -- Fiction
Subject: Turkey -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains
Alternate Title: Les Desenchantees
Note: Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Walter Debeuf
Summary: "Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains" by Pierre Loti is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around themes of love, longing, and the complexities of life within the contemporary Turkish harem. The opening chapters introduce the main character, André Lhéry, a novelist deeply connected to Turkey, and a young girl navigating the confines of her world as she faces an impending marriage. The beginning of "Les Désenchantées" introduces us to André Lhéry, who is engrossed in reading letters from admirers while feeling a bittersweet pull toward Stamboul, the city where he once encountered beautiful women from the harems. Simultaneously, we meet a young girl in her elegant yet confined chamber, preparing for her wedding but yearning for freedom and connection. As André receives a letter from a mysterious Turkish woman, the young girl reflects on her childhood in Circassia and how her life has changed since being cloistered in a harem. Their lives appear to be intertwined, with both feeling the weight of their circumstances, setting the stage for a poignant exploration of desire, culture, and fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923
EBook No.: 7809
Published: Apr 1, 2005
Downloads: 112
Language: French
Subject: Harems -- Fiction
Subject: Turkey -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.